Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?